Ex-Miss Russia contestant body-shamed on Instagram
Even beauty queens aren’t safe from Instagram body-shaming
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Your support makes all the difference.A former Miss Russia contestant and model has become the constant target of mean Instagram comments mocking the size of her feet, ever since she posted a photo of herself in a bikini back in August.
Interspersed throughout the mostly admirable comments praising 21-year-old Anastasia Reshetova’s sculpted body and beauty-queen looks are repeated mean-spirited comments that mock the size of her feet.
Referring to her feet as “flippers,” commenters repeatedly body-shame the beauty-queen, with some even deeply debating the size of her feet, and asking whether she has trouble finding shoes that fit.
Since the initial public response to her over-sized feet, Reshetova has been subjected to trolling every time she posts a picture that shows them off.
But despite the criticism, Reshetova has continued to proudly show off her long limbs - and feet. She even proved she has a sense of humour about the entire thing by posting a photo of herself wearing actual flippers.
From her most recent full-body post, it is clear the former Miss Russia contestant has not let the negativity get her down - on a photo of herself stretched out in the sand, she included the caption, “180 cm (5 feet 9 inches) of pleasure” along with a bunch of smiley faces.
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